[nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

[Kirt Manwaring]

Sophie,
  I haven't really seen any new and substantive information about the
NFB car since I saw Mark Riccabono drive it in Daytona Beach.

On 4/11/13, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> The reason why the Google Car is Superior is because it is already going
> mainstream, it has a major company behind it and there is nothing wrong with
>
> backing both cars.
> The big debate will be if people want to drive under their own control or a
>
> computers. It is not unlike reading Braille or using a screen reader to read
>
> a book. Braille is all fine and dandy, but a screen reader is very
> important. The difference is the Google car is going mainstream and will
> have mainstreem support. It would be the same if Jaws went mainstreem and
> companies like Google started making units that used Jaws and no screen.
> Braille would be useful, but not particularly necessary for most common
> tasks.
> If one used a car on city roads and highways, there would be very little or
>
> no need to manually drive. If one wanted to map a long driveway or country
> road, one would need to manually drive it till the road could be completely
>
> entered into the database.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sophie Trist
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:37 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets
>
> Brandon, I totally 100% agree!!! However, didn't the NFB invent a
> self-propelled car of sorts? If so, it might be hard to convince
> them to back the google car unless we can prove theirs is
> superior.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:05:01 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets
>
> Hello,
> Yes in a way, the logistics of liability still need to be taken
> into account
> I'm sure and licensing probably still needs to be worked out, but
> if the
> government officials are pushed, it will happen very soon.
> I think the NFB should push for these quite hard. Perhaps they
> could even
> ask that a car come to the convention, I think Google would take
> the
> challenge.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Young
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:13 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets
>
> So does this mean these vehicles will soon be on the market for
> individuals to purchase in Nevada?  Sounds like a very
> interesting
> project.
>
> On 4/11/13, Robert William Kingett <kingettr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Google's self-driven cars will soon be appearing on Nevada roads
> after
> the state's Department of Motor Vehicles approved on Monday the
> nation's
> first autonomous vehicle license.
>
> The move came after officials rode along on drives on highways,
> in
> Carson City neighborhoods and along the famous Las Vegas Strip,
> the
> Nevada DMV said in a statement.
>
> The Nevada legislature last year authorized self-driven cars for
> the
> state's roads, the first such law in the United States. That law
> went
> into effect on March 1, 2012.
>
> Google's self-driven cars rely on video cameras, radar sensors,
> lasers,
> and a database of information collected from manually driven
> cars to
> help navigate, according to the company.
>
> The DMV licensed a Toyota Prius that Google modified with its
> experimental driver-less technology, developed by Stanford
> professor and
> Google Vice President Sebastian Thrun.
>
> Google's self-driving cars have crossed the Golden Gate Bridge
> and
> driven along the picturesque Pacific Coast Highway, according to
> the
> company.
>
> Autonomous vehicles are the "car of the future," Nevada DMV
> director
> Bruce Breslow said in a statement. The state also has plans to
> eventually license autonomous vehicles owned by the members of
> the
> public, the DMV said.
>
> Legislation to regulate autonomous cars is being considered in
> other
> states, including Google's home state of California.
>
> "The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error.
> Through
> the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous
> vehicle
> is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly and
> operating the vehicle more safely," California state Senator
> Alex
> Padilla said in March when he introduced that state's autonomous
> car
> legislation.
>
> Other car companies are also seeking self-driven car licenses in
> Nevada,
> the DMV said.
>
>
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